América tropical / a production of KCET Los Angeles.

"This video tells the story of a controversial mural painted on a Los Angeles building in 1932 by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros. Depicting a Mexican crucified on a double cross, the mural represented Siqueiros' strong statement against U.S. imperialism in Mexico and the treatment of Mexicans...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Community Television of Southern California
Cinema Guild
Other Authors: Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974
Treviño, Jesús Salvador
Milton, Victor
Language:English
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Spanish with English voice-over.
Published: New York : Cinema Guild, 2006.
Subjects:
Siqueiros, David Alfaro, > 1896-1974. > América tropical.
Mural painting and decoration, Mexican > California > Los Angeles > History.
Mexican Americans > History.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color and black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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